from improv comedy to mechwarriors

Cheryl’s decades as a professional performer have encompassed a wide variety of talents and engagements. She is open to new representation and opportunities for her avocational work in the performing arts. Contact her via email for booking inquiries.

  • Improvisational comedy and drama (stage and broadcast)
  • Voice acting: Video games and industrials
  • Internet television shows (live “actual play” gaming series)
  • Video work: short form comedy, industrials, etc.
  • Contemporary plays
  • Traditional musical theater
  • Puppetry (rod and hand, hand, full body, etc.)

Theatrical Highlights

  • Professional actor, teacher, and director for 13 years with Seattle’s famous Unexpected Productions improv comedy ensemble 
  • Original cast member in the hit Star Trek improv parody Where No Man Has Gone Before (2011 – 2019).
  • Starred as “Amy” in the world premiere of September Skies (2011), an original play by Jim Moran.
  • Founding member of NERDprov, featured repeatedly at Emerald City Comicon, Bumbershoot, and other venues (2010-2020)

Traditional Theater Review Highlights

September Skies: “But because the writing is taut, witty, and true, and the performances sterling, what might have been a bad TV movie-of-the-week is instead a study in how desperately we flail for what we want during these few short years we call life.” (Seattle Weekly – pick of the week)

Seattle Weekly

September Skies: “In terms of the acting, the show is well played. Foubert and Platz work well together and offer a natural delivery that is engaging and believable. They manage to make the audience believe in the otherwise unbelievable development of their affair.” (Capitol Hill Times)t.

Capitol Hill Times

Something’s Afoot at the New Everett Theatre: “Sweet and innocent ingenue Hope is brought to life by a radiant Cheryl Platz.” (Sam Severn, North County Outlook, April 24 2008)

North County Outlook

Voiceover Highlights

  • Ava Kadavra in The Sims 2 DS
  • Pilot 5 in BATTLETECH (2018)

Starring Cheryl – Short form

These shorter form videos feature Cheryl as the solo actor – one comedic, one dramatic. For Decker Diaries, Cheryl created the character of Ma1nfram3 and improvised the script for Decker Diaries based on what she had learned in rehearsals for Shadowrun as an in-character aid to potential viewers and players. 

Long form multi-cam improv

Cheryl is a seasoned performer in Twitch broadcast tabletop role-playing games, many shot in multi-cam studio environments like Shadowrun: Corporate SINs and Death From Above. Two examples are featured here – parental discretion is advised.

Demo Reel (2015)